Tourists pose for photographs besides an Ox statue with the landmark tower of Shanghai Oriental Pearl in the background, celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year of Ox, in Shanghai Saturday, on January 24, 2009. [Xinhua]

A Miao minority woman picks up festival decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year of Ox in Rongshui County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday, on January 24, 2009. [Xinhua]